Double Trouble

C Jason Kendall doubled off Reds starter Scott Williamson and scored in the first, then doubled home a run in the third in Pittsburgh's 7-5 loss to Cincinnati in Sarasota. RHP Todd Ritchie allowed three hits, a walk and two runs in two innings. . . . 1B Kevin Young, struck on the right elbow by a foul ball during a strike zone demonstration Wednesday, expects to play today. . . . RHP Kris Benson on still negotiating a contract: "This is something I don't want to stretch into the season."

MINNEOLA - Lake Minneola's future sat on the bench when the Hawks opened their first boys basketball season three years ago. Twins Anthony and Avery Brown had potential. Coach Freddie Cole knew their brother, Robert, starred at Clermont East Ridge and was headed to an NCAA Division I basketball career. Still, as freshmen, they were a long way from that. "They have been starting since Day 1, well, technically, since Day 2," Cole said. "I didn't start them in our first game, because I didn't think their on-the-ball defense was good enough.

Dear Greg: We bought a brand-new Fleetwood manufactured home in February 2005. The dealer, Four Star Homes, said we had a one-year warranty, and if there were any problems, it would fix them. We wrote and called several times with unbelievably long lists, and some things were fixed but not everything. The major problems were never touched. On the floor, you could see where they put the double wide together. Parts of the floor are loose. Trimming is coming down from the ceiling, and there's rotten wood under the front-door frame.

Scary things sometimes come in pretty packages. Take Paul Ryan . Most members of the media have a man-crush on him. When he released his 2012 budget, the New York Times raved about his "piercing blue eyes. " He's the guy with "jet black hair and a touch of Eagle Scout to him," gushed Time magazine. Columnist Joe Klein called Ryan's plan "without question, an act of political courage. " The Times' David Brooks praised it as "the most courageous budget reform proposal any of us have seen in our lifetime.

Identical twin teen-agers are in the running for the village council. An opponent said that means double trouble for their central Ohio town. Jan and Ann Hartman, 19, said they decided separately to run as write-in candidates in the village of 1,400 residents. With only five candidates and four open seats, one surely will be elected. The twins' age and inexperience worry Deborah Berry, a 30-year-old housewife who is also on the ballot. ''It doesn't matter that they're twins. It's just a novelty that everyone thinks is cute,'' she said.

***** Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky Is Crying (Epic): A lot of posthumous albums are cobbled together from second-rate leftovers. Not this one. Compiled by Stevie Ray Vaughan's brother and partner, Jimmie Vaughan, The Sky Is Crying is as cohesive - and triumphant - as the Vaughan brothers' debut and swan song, Family Style, and Stevie Ray's last solo album, In Step.The 10 tracks were recorded between 1984's Couldn't Stand the Weather and 1989's In Step. As the liner notes by Vaughan biographer Dan Forte state, Vaughan often ended up with too much good stuff to fit on one album or decided to omit a track because it didn't suit the overall tone of the record he was working on at the time.

Area 6A-5A coaches haven't warmed up to the idea of using a single-elimination bracket in the large-school state tournaments. They argue that double elimination favors the teams with the deepest pitching, and is more likely to determine the best team in a short-series championship. But it also requires an extra day to play, and the OSSAA's board of directors approved the change last year to cut down on lost class time. "You might have two or three good pitchers, but you never get past the first round," Owasso head coach Larry Turner said.

It has been almost 11 years but, in many ways, it seems like just yesterday that Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton got the news of Stevie Ray Vaughan's death. Both musicians, members of Double Trouble -- the group that backed up the legendary blues musician -- were asleep in their Chicago hotel room on Aug. 27, 1990, when the phone rang around 6 a.m. The night before, the two had joined Vaughan onstage in a show with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie's older brother, at the Alpine Valley Music Theater near East Troy, Wis. Vaughan had done a blistering 20-minute rendition of "Sweet Home Chicago," prompting Guy to say later: "It was one of the most incredible sets I ever heard Stevie play.

Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble will perform at 8 p.m. today at a concert in Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston St., Orlando. Opening act will be the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Tickets are $14.50 reserved seating and are on sale at Select-A-Seat outlets and the Carr box office.Early influences: Growing up in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at the age of 12, at times with his brother Jimmy's band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Vaughan was influenced by the blues sounds of Ray Charles, B.B. King and Albert King.

Knoxville outfielder Anthony Sanders was double trouble for the Orlando Cubs on Monday, driving in the decisive runs in both games of a Southern League doubleheader. In the first game, which was the completion of a July 12 rainout in Orlando, Sanders hit the winning single in the top of the eighth to give Knoxville a 3-1 victory. In the nightcap, Sanders drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh off reliever Justin Speier (3-1), capping a two-run rally and giving the Smokies a 5-4 decision.

Immokalee safety Mackenro Alexander has committed to the Florida State recruiting class of 2013. Mackenro Alexander, part of the talented Immokalee twin secondary called 'Double Trouble,' with brother McKenzie, committed to the Florida State on Monday morning with a phone call to defensive coordinator Mark Stoops. "It's just the atmosphere up there and the coaching staff .. I love the coaching style and Coach Mark Stoops and Jimbo Fisher ," said Mackenro, a 6-foot, 190-pounder who is one of seven Immokalee players with NCAA Division I-A scholarship offers.

The only time fans of the T.M. Jennings Little League can tell Kamryn and Kassidy Mayberry apart is when one of the twin girls comes up to bat. Kassidy steps into the left-handed batter's box to hit, and Kamryn is a right-handed batter. But when the sisters are in the field or running the bases, fans, coaches and sometimes even their mother has to hope they can see the numbers on the back of the girls' Concordia Bank and Trust jerseys. "They are mirror twins," LaWanda Toles, the girls' mother, said.

Area 6A-5A coaches haven't warmed up to the idea of using a single-elimination bracket in the large-school state tournaments. They argue that double elimination favors the teams with the deepest pitching, and is more likely to determine the best team in a short-series championship. But it also requires an extra day to play, and the OSSAA's board of directors approved the change last year to cut down on lost class time. "You might have two or three good pitchers, but you never get past the first round," Owasso head coach Larry Turner said.

The double dip in home prices, the second decline in five years, made official this week doesn't mean we're in for double trouble. While the blitz of bad economic news has some economists on the lookout for a twin to the 2007 recession, there are plenty of reasons to think the recovery will take hold for good. Yes, even in Florida — the poster child for the real estate crash-unemployment double whammy. Certainly, the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index that showed home prices fell to 2002 levels and below in the first quarter is depressing.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – For the record, Friday's wind-whipped 80 hasn't changed Rory McIlroy's feelings for the Old Course. "I like it a lot more when there's not much wind," the 21-year-old pro said Saturday. "But yeah, still it's a fantastic golf course. It's the best. You have to play every sort of those, and I was able to play most of them [Saturday]." The third round brought milder weather and a 69 for McIlroy – meaning he still hasn't posted a competitive round in the 70s on the Old Course.

Boys Here are some of the area's top offensive soccer duos: Matheus Saroli and Jose Presti School: Montverde Academy Buzz: Saroli is up to 17 goals, and Presti has 24 assists. Both are looking to sign with UCF in February. Josh Hudson and Aaron Gendreau School: Orangewood Christian Buzz: Hudson (11 goals, 12 assists) and Gendreau (15 goals) have started together on varsity for four years. Tyler McDaniel and Eric Skiko School: Lake Mary Buzz: Midfield duo has carried the load for the Rams, playing together with poise and explosiveness.

I VOTED for Ronald Reagan and I bought an Audi 5000S. Now, if I am to believe the professional ''bashers,'' I should switch my political party and get rid of my Audi.Well, I will do neither. I looked over the competition very carefully before choosing, and I didn't like any of the alternatives. And to this date, despite Irangate and 60 Minutes' ''Audigate,'' I remain loyal to both.I believe a malevolent amount of attention is focusing on the Iran affair by those who would like to see another Republican president disgraced.

After a remarkably quiet season through mid-August, tropical storms Ana and Bill popped up in the Atlantic on Saturday, and Florida needs to monitor both carefully. Ana is our immediate concern, as it is forecast to be over the Keys on Thursday morning as a strong tropical storm. That's close enough to pose a threat to the rest of Florida, which already is in the cone of uncertainty. However, if there is some good news, it's that the system's forecast track already has been shifted south, and that trend might continue, hurricane specialist Todd Kimberlain of the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County said.

Question: I'm trying to get a refund for airline tickets that I didn't mean to buy. A few months ago, I tried to book three flights to Florida through Expedia. But during the confirmation process, my computer froze and the screen blacked out. I called Expedia to verify if the flight had been confirmed. It had no record of my purchase, so it offered to help me make the reservations by phone. Instead, I returned to its Web site and rebooked my flights. This time it worked. But when I received my credit card bill, I saw charges for both flights.